Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
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MRS. BROOKS STORY.

She RoCItes . Romantic History and Ex-
hibits Evidences to Enforce 1t Upon the
Creaality of the Publtc-The Mlsfor.
tunes q Fortune Brought.
CHICAGO, July ga dispatch to the
morning papers from Coho, Mich, says:
Mrs. Brooks, whose peculiar disappearance
from her home ut Juniata, near here. and
whose sensational letter from her place of
i'm mprisonment in California was given wide
publicity, has returned home with re-
markable story which she told to-day
amid torrent OF tears. She is looking
haggard and careworn. Her wrists bear
the evidence of her assertion that she was
brutally tied up. and her finger ends GER
tainly look as If her claim, that an attempt
was made to draw her nails with pinchers,
was true. She said: Twenty two years
Vandore. He entered the army and was
wounded; came home and died. He was
in possession OF a competen ency, hut just be-
fore his death this was increased by
LARGE LEGACY FROM FRANCE.
Marcus was q descendant Of Count Van
dore, q French Nobleman. This legacy
was all in cash and bonds. Before his
death Vandore made the will bequeathins
her $500 900. The instrument WAS drawn
by Lawyer Shooman, of Indiana. 1t was
not until several years later that became
apprised of the nature OF the will, and
was then married to Mr.. Brooks. When
SPOKE of proving my claim. my husband
grew indignant and declared that l might
take my lovers money and 60. The
trouble over this money was the only
cloud that came into our married life. For
Id
letter from the lawyer stating that the
money was lying idle and that l should
claim it. It was in the custody OF Anna
Vandore, Marcus sister. Later we met and
entered into correspondence which
was kept up until Miss Vandore left for
France. Before she went
AN UNDERSTANDING WAS REACHED
that should have the money whenever I
claimed it, and to prevent fraud we
agreed upon a secret mark to attach to all
checks and drafts. Last fall the letter
came asking me to meet the lady in st.
Louis, but instead of meeting her. Lawyer
ShoomaB appeared on the scene and gave
me draft for sec, 900, together with $2O.-
900 in cash. l then went to Denver and
shortly aft towards received a note asking
me to meet Miss Vandore at Pueblo. ! went
|
me that Miss VaBdore was dying. tainted
and when l regained consciousness found
myself prisoner. The draft and cash had
bad been secured in my hustle but my jail
ors secured it. was kept imprisoned in q
room for weeks alone, and while there shut
out from all womanly cOmpanionship and
deprived of all care and attention, so greatly
needed then, my babe was born.
THEY KILLED MY BABE
before my very eyes. Three weeks ago
man entered my room and said was free
to 90. He explained the delay by saying
the man who kept me prisoner said was
his crazy sister. See the tortures to which
was subjected. Look here" and Mrs.
Brooks held up her hands to view. when
1 had recovered sufficiently, went to San
Francisco and there met Anna Buttertield,
my cousin. Together we etarted East, but
becoming suspicious that she was in the
conspiracy against my liberty, slipped
out of the car one night, taking with me
her hat. dress, pocketbook and ticket. l
waited until next train, and then proceeded
on my journey.
MRS. BROOKS SHOWS THE BOOTY
taken from Miss Butterield as evidence
that she is telling the truth. Mr.. Brooks
says he has no doubt as to the truth of
his wifes story. The couple appeared to
be fond of each other, and there is nothing
sentimental about either. Mrs. Brooks
d attributes her release to the publication
month ago of the fact that detectives had
been put at work on her case by her
friends.
A Hot Day in the East.
New YORK, July 3.-To-day has been the
hottest day of the year to date, the ther-
mometer mounting to 95 degrees as again"+
II for the corresponding day Of last year.
About thirty cases of sunstroke occurred